Auld Lang SyneIn a video, Mariah Carey challenges, after her blooper, Does anybody really know the words? (2:24). Let us answer her: YES! Does it say many or mony? Compared with other cases on the same manuscript — an in lang, manuscript, gowans, man and wanderd, the on in song and done, and the om in from — it appears he wrote mony, as an a would have a tail. |
Does anybody really know the words? |
The image is at http://themorgan.org/node/2774/zoomify
The image above is hosted at http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/online/AuldLangSyne/zoom.asp?id=9 and shows an autograph of Robert Burns, sending the lyrics to George Thomson. Learn more (13 pages more). Also note: The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum shows a manuscript fragment, perhaps the original on which Burns took it down. Burns Museum. |
One Song more & I have done — Auld lang syne
The air is but mediocre; but the following song, the old song of the olden times, & which has never been in print, nor even in manuscript, untill I took it down from an old mans singing; is enough to recommend any air — Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o lang syne? For auld lang syne, my Dear, For auld lang syne, Well tak a cup o kindneſs yet, For auld lang syne— We twa hae run about the braes, And put the gowans fine; But weve wanderd mony a weary foot, Sin auld lang syne.— For auld lang &c.— We twa hae paidlet i the burn, Frae mornin sun till dine: But seas between us braid hae roard, Sin auld lang syne.— For auld &c. And theres a hand, my trusty feire, And gies a hand o thine; And well tak a right gude-willie waught, For auld lang syne.— For auld &c.— And surely yell be your pint-stowp, And surely Ill be mine; And well tak a cup o kindneſs yet, For auld lang syne.— For auld &c. |
Word tricks:
Before midnight: So who do you think wins the Superbowl this year? ...the Baltimore Ravens already won the Superbowl this year, 2013. Bar patron: You know how they play Auld Lang Syne on December 31st? Other patron: Yeah, what about it? Bar patron: No! They play Auld Lang Syne on the morning of January first! After midnight: Parent: Hey kids, dont forget you have school tomorrow. Kids: No, tomorrow is a holiday. Parent: No, it is now the first of January, which is a holiday, so tomorrow is the second day of January, and there is school. Parent: Wow! Youll be going to high school next year! Seventh grader: No, Im going into eighth grade next year. Parent: No, you will be starting eighth grade later this year. | or Midnight Blues It can be the toughest night of the year for some persons. Maybe you can help. |